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Join CaHPSA's 2nd Annual Northern California Health Care Conference on Saturday, October 17th on the UC Berkeley campus for a day of education, discussion and organizing for health care reform.

Register here through Eventbrite for the Northern California Health Care Conference, October 17, 2009 at UC Berkeley.

Co-Hosted by California Health Professional Student Alliance (CAHPSA) and Affiliates: AMSA, CaPA

See more information on emerging issues in healthcare reform for California and the nation at the California Health Professional Student Alliance, CaHPSA

This timely conference will join students from across health professions with experts in the field to share insights as to how we can achieve truly universal care for all patients. 

Learn about problems in the present system and current bills being debated in Congress from these six outstanding experts and speakers:

• Ken Jacobs, MPH Chair of The Labor Center at UC Berkeley, will address problems in current system, shared responsibility and the context and rationale of the current bills in Congress. Bio: http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/staff/jacobs.shtml

• Michael Lighty, Director of Public Policy for CNA /NNOC (California Nurses Association and National Nurses Organizing Committee), will discuss our nation's attempts at providing universal care, the public option and make a case for single payer.

• Sara Rogers, Senior Health Policy Consultant to Senator Mark Leno, will explain SB 810, which would create a single-payer system in California. 

• Claudia Chaufan, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Sociology and Health Policy, UCSF, will examine solutions for universal care in the international community.

• Tangerine Brigham, Director of Healthy San Francisco, will explore this innovative program which is the first in the nation to provide health care services for all city residents without insurance! Bio: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/09/BAG75O1R171.DTL

• Chris Mittelstedt, Owner of The FruitGuys, will discuss the small business perspective on reform and expand the definition of prevention and health.  Bio: http://www.fruitguys.com/pages/about_us.shtml

As a future health care provider, it is important to take time to learn about the systems that affect your patients and your job satisfaction. Remember:  “ACT LOCAL. THINK UNIVERSAL”

REGISTRATION

Use the online Registration - Ticket Order Form for Eventbrite:

DEADLINE

Online Registration:  The deadline for final online registration and a guarantee of your place, lunch and conference materials is the day before the conference, is two days in advance of the conference:

NEW ONLINE REGISTRATION DEADLINE WAS EXTENDED !

TO FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16th 2009 at 12:05 PM (5 minutes after 12 NOON ! )

YOU CAN STILL REGISTER ON-SITE AT 9:00 AM, SATURDAY OCT. 17

On-site Registration: On the day of the conference, October 17, in-person registration starts at 9:00 AM.

The low - low fee of $10 includes lunch.
Some scholarships may be available. Please email Tanya Brown tanya.brown@ucsf.edu

Please remember to bring cash if interested in purchasing a fantastic T-shirt or a check for donating to CAHPSA.

Event Times

Check-in and On Site Registration start at 9:00 AM.

The event starts at 10:00 AM and ends at 4:00 PM.

NEW LOCATION AT UC BERKELEY

Room 159
Mulford Building.
UC Berkeley Campus

The Mulford building is located near  the intersection of Center St. and Oxford St.,
on the northwest side of campus, very close to the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit, rail system).
Enter the UC Berkeley campus at the West entrance of the school.
Mulford is directly north of University Drive, just inside the the West Entrance.

Google Map of Mulford Building.

HOW TO GET TO THE CONFERENCE

The Mulford Building is located on the Western edge of the UC Berkeley Campus, near University Avenue and Oxford Streets. Google map of the location is here

Public Transportation

• The Downtown Berkeley BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) station is one block from the conference. From the Downtown Berkeley station, walk east one block to the intersection of University Avenue and Oxford Street. (The BART station is shown on the googlemap linked above). 
• AC Transit Buses:  Bus schedules and routes to UC Berkeley are available online from http://511.org or www.actransit.org

Driving Directions

We encourage you to take public transportation or carpool! Google map's directions are not very good (they take you on a round about route through the campus!)  but you can use googlemaps to the nearest intersection, which are fairly good! Click here for that link. 

From I-80 (East or Westbound) or I-580E: Take the University Avenue exit. Take University Aveune until it dead ends at Oxford Street. Mulford Building will be just inside the entrance to the campus (enter here or at Oxford and Center, two blocks to your right). See Parking information below.

From I-580W: Follow signs to CA- 24 toward Walnut Creek. You'll only be in this for a couple of exits. Take the 51st street/Martin Luthur King Jr. Way (MLK) exit and bear left off the exit ramp toward MLK. This will place you on MLK going north. Continue north about 2.5 miles. Turn right on University Ave. Take University Aveune until it dead ends at Oxford Street. Mulford Building will be just inside the entrance to the campus.

From I-880N: Take the I-980 exit toward CA-24/Walnut Creek. Continue on CA-24. Take the 51st street/Martin Luthur King Jr. Way (MLK) exit and bear left off the exit ramp toward MLK. This will place you on MLK going north. Continue north about 2.5 miles. Turn right on University Ave. Take University Aveune until it dead ends at Oxford Street. Mulford Building will be just inside the entrance to the campus .

Parking

A comprehensive list of all parking options:

http://pt.berkeley.edu/park/public/

Note at the top there are four different types of parking.

1. Campus parking lots
2. Hill area parking lots
3. Off-peak hour parking lots
4. Off-campus parking lots

On Saturdays, most residential street parking is free, so please check for free street parking near campus, before paying for parking at a designated lot.